After three storms over the weekend soaked the Central Coast, shutdown Highway 17 in the Santa Cruz mountains because of car crashes, and caused a landslide on Highway 1 in Big Sur, sunshine and dry roadways are on the way Wednesday, forecasters said.

The brunt of the storm systems have already moved on and are currently raining down on Los Angeles.

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A high-pressure system is forecasted to build Tuesday, so that on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the Central Coast will have sparkling sunshine with a high of 60 degrees along the coast, and 70 degrees inland.

Between midnight and 3 a.m. Monday, strong winds coupled with heavy rain dumped a few more inches from Santa Cruz to King City.

During the past 24 hours, Ben Lomond had 3 inches of rainfall, Watsonville had 0.6, Salinas had 0.56, Monterey had 0.26, and King City had 0.15.

Highway 1 is currently shut down south of Big Sur in both directions because of a massive rockslide caused by the wild weather. The rockslide happened at milepost 22 near Limekiln Creek.

Caltrans crews are assessing the damage and officials said they do not know when the highway will re-open.

Rain played a major factor in the playoff game between the 49ers and New York Giants Sunday afternoon at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.

Both teams slid in the mud while rushing for yards, and fumbled the slippery football, including a fateful fumble by Kyle Williams during overtime play. The 49ers lost 17-20, to the agony of thousands of San Francisco fans who spent four hours getting soaked.

Farther north in Yosemite National Park, weekend winds killed an employee when a tree fell on top of his tent cabin. Officials say 27-year-old Ryan Hiller, of North Carolina, worked as a part-time ranger.

A rockfall indefinitely closed off a major access road into Yosemite. Boulders fell at 11:30 p.m. Sunday onto Big Oak Flat Road, the continuation of Highway 120 into Yosemite Valley. It's the main route into the park from the San Francisco Bay Area.

Highway 17 was a soggy mess starting Friday night and was shutdown multiple times over the weekend because of crashes.